This typed copy of the Rankin family record was prepared by Thomas Rankin's grandson, Anthony Nelson. and sent to S.O. Trentham who may have been the typist..
Sources
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ4W-N8J : 26 September 2017), Joseph M Rankin and Rebecca E Stoffell, 06 Sep 1883; citing Knox, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 274, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,020,956.
Rankin, Thomas, family record (typed notes, 11 March 1908), [p 3], photocopy privately held by Anthony Nelson Rankin, Dandridge, Jefferson County, Tennessee, 1908.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Joseph by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Joseph: